# nau vs Nauru

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### nau
*noun · IPA /naʊ/ · frequency rank #42,787*
Synonym of carrack.

### Nauru
*name · IPA /naʊˈru/ · frequency rank #31,265*
A country and island of Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean. Official name: Republic of Nauru.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nau-vs-nauru